Indulge & Devour: Homemade Chicken Burgers

Greetings!! Sorry I have been missing lately, been very busy these days. I missed this blog so much. Hope my previous recipes have helped you'll this whole time when I was gone. Guess I am back with loads of recipes again.

So it's time to get in the baking spirit! Especially if you never baked that thing before. Yes! this was my first attempt to bake a burger bread and to be honest, I was very curious to know how it would turn. Thank God, the recipe worked. My burger buns were well-rised, soft and fresh. In other words they were simply prefect.

These burger buns are easy to make just like any other breads I've baked. And If you follow the exact procedure of this recipe, you will definitely get the best outcome.

I didn't used a stand mixer to prepare the dough, I preferred making it by hands. You can use a heavy duty stand mixer like Kitchen Aid or other, in that case use the paddle attachment. Both type of procedures yields the same quality result.

You will need, Ingredients:

Makes 7-8 buns.

For the burger buns:

2 cups all purpose flour
20g yeast fresh or dry
10g Sugar
7g Salt
3 tbsp Honey
1 Egg
40g Margarine or olive oil
1/2 egg + 1 tbsp water for Egg wash
Sesame seeds to sprinkle (optional)

Step 1:

Proof the yeast with sugar and 1/4 cup of water, in a deep bowl, mix well. Cover the bowl and let the yeast stand at room temperature for 5 minutes or until foamy.

Note: Use fresh yeast for best results.

Step 2:

Mix yeast in flour. Then add eggs and honey, and water as required. The dough should be soft and non-sticky to the working surface. Mix salt with margarine/olive oil and spread on the dough entirely.

Lightly flour the kitchen counter or any work surface, turn the dough on the floured work surface. Knead the dough, stretch it, fold it, turn it 90 degree and repeat. Knead for 7-8 min by hand. Keep dusting the work surface with flour to prevent the dough from sticking to hand and to the work surface.

Cover the dough with a damp muslin cloth for 30 minutes.

Step 3:

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease and dust a baking tray with flour. Take out the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Knock the air out from the dough by hitting the it on the work surface with hands and fingers.

Preheat the oven at 250'C. Divide the dough into 7-8 equal portions. Make balls from each portions. Roll the dough with cupped hand until smooth and perfectly round. Place the shaped dough on the baking sheet or dusted tray, with smooth side up. Place them at least 2 inches apart from each other on the baking sheet. Flatten each dough with the palm. Cover loosely with a damp cloth and let it rise for 20-25 minutes above the preheating oven.

Image notes: After proofing it doubles in size

Mix the egg and water for egg wash. Brush the buns with egg wash with a pastry brush and sprinkle sesame seeds. You can skip the sesame seed part. Sprinkle some water on the unbaked buns before popping in the oven.

Step 4:

Bake in the preheated oven, in the center rack for 20-25 min or until golden brown in color and firm to touch. Transfer to cooling rack.

You can also make hot dog buns with the same dough recipe. The dough recipe can also be used to make various other breads as well.

To make the crispy chicken fillet, ingredients:

7-8 Chicken breast pieces
1 cup All purpose flour (Maida)
1/2 cup Corn flour
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp hot pepper sauce
Salt as required
White pepper powder as required
Egg (Beaten) 1

For the fillings:

Lettuce as required
Tomatoes as required
Mayonnaise as required

Method:

For coating: Mix all purpose flour with corn flour and keep it aside.

Marinate the chicken with salt, ginger garlic paste, hot pepper sauce and white pepper powder for 2 hours atleast.

Brush the beaten egg on chicken (do not dip the chicken in egg), roll it in the flour mixture and coat it well. And then repeat the procedure (first brush it with egg and then in flour mixture). (taking care the coated layer remains on the chicken)

Deep fry these chicken fillets in hot oil, and fry until it gets crispy.